Hooray!.....
Shackles just arrived for PML.
Anyone available to assist this all thumbs unhandyman with this endeavor.

Sat Morn would be ideal. I work in the NW valley, and get off work at 8am, so could come to you for assitance right after shift.

I can do a Sunday afternoon if you want, anytime after 2. I have a floor jack and sockets which is all you really need.

I can assist you on Saturday if you need. I have floorjack,jackstands and air tools. will be available until around 4pm. I leave out of town on Sunday so needless to say wouldnt be able to help then.

Ex Grn-X, I will take you up on Sat help. Thanks alot. I get off shift 8am barring any late call. Coming from 107th ave & Union Hills.
Send me a PM on how to get to your house.

Thanks for the Sunday offer Gabe, Just Sat be a bit better for me.

Nice. I hope to have the shackles on order in a few weeks when my wifes company employee me to do their new web site. Yayyy - Money I can spend on the X finally!

Be sure to visit an alighment shop after cranking Tbars...your wheels will be toed in after lifting.

That...or if you and a buddy use a tape measure, you can adjust the tierods out yourself to give yourself aout 1/8-1/4" of toe in.

Grn-X / 2explore. PM me the address and time you guys are doing this. I wouldn't mind coming out to help if I'm not busy in the morning. As I'm going to be doing one myself in the near future.

I just did mine yesterday. It was very easy and kinds fun also. The ride is a little rougher but still handles well. I left about 1/2 inch from the bumpstops. I can barley fit my finger between them. Mabye I should drop it down a turn or two?

What time are y'all going to do this lift? I might stop to say hi since I will be just getting off work.

9am at Grn-X's abode in Surprise

I will be sawing logs at that time. Oh well, sorry I couldn't help. I am sure you two can handle it.

Someone PM me the address and I should hopefully be able to make it out there. Taking the wifes economical Elantra tho, rather than driving 120 miles in the X. See - Gas prices have affected me

PM sent Rinky

BAD NEWS GANG...
I just got a call from my Unit and I have to come in and work in the morning. Preperation we thought was completed before we leave sunday, now no longer seems to be done and I am going to have to go in at 6am to get it done . They estimate that we should be done by noon but I am not holding my breath. 2Xplore I am so sorry bro I was looking forward to helping you out. but Again my military obligations get in the way. I am sure you are not going to want to wait but if for some reason you dont get them in. we can do it as soon as I get home which will be labor day weekend, and as i mentioned i will have most of the month off.

no prob Mike....duty calls.
Thanks for the offer to help anyway.
Gabe, If you are still avail Sunday, I would take you up on it. If not, I can hold off.....the shackles are not going anywhere.

Sunday after 2pm I am available. gimme a call
623-810-5882

Wow, good job I signed on before I left. I was just about to head out the door!

Big thanks to Defibvt for calling me before i left the station and offering to help get this done this am.
Sorry no heads up rinky, but now that I know how to do this, I can come help you when you are ready, or you can come to my house near South Mountain and we can do yours when you get your shackles.
We had a bit of a learning curve, and had to call Gabe at work for pointers, but got it done, and turned out great.
I will post a pic later......now to get the new rubber this week....

Damn dude, you sure are spending some $$$ on your rig. Seeing how my interview goes this week before I invest any money in mine. If all goes well I might go for an 05 X.

An 05 would be sweet....hope the interview goes well for you.

I know.....about outta $$...lol, but go big or go home......

Guess I need to work some OT to support my habit.....or jsut stand on the street corner with a cardboard sign

"Need money for mods and gas.....pls help"

If all doesn't go so well, then I'll be sticking with mine and getting PML / Tires

finally....got the pic to work..

Before:
[img]http://storage.msn.com/x1pmAkndzHuOffh7M...0JoKHIMe8hKRUvQ[/img]

After:
[img]http://storage.msn.com/x1pmAkndzHuOffh7M...pTQWvjtybZWL3DM[/img]

Scott talked me into removing the sway bar in back as well....time will tell if I like it of or not

I checked it out in your blog. Looks good.

Looks nice, sorry I was unable to help out. Glad scott was available to hook you up.

What size are those tires currently? I still have a little live left in my 31's, until I save enough for a new set after my PML.

Also. After researching the Calmini & SLR shackles it looks like the SLR have 2 options 1" or 2". Whereas Calmini are 1.5". I do like that flash of blue under there. Maybe I'll go for the same ones.

I too just happened to look at the posts online so I decided to head over to Linda's in Surprise. I called Ty at the station and he said he was game so we started at 10am. Thanks to Gabe for the advice.

Those are the stock tires...265/65/17 still

I rememove mine, not sure if I like it yet. I think I new set of stiffer shocks would help make the turns a bit easier.

Which tires are you looking at?

Thought I had a good deal on 31" BFG AT's on 15" Desert Runner Rims, but the current owner is a bit too proud of his used tires, so I am going to either get the BFG AT KO's in a 265/70/17 (31.6"), or the rugged Trails in the same size as I have been told the 70/17's are a much better tire than the stock, but not as good off-road as the AT KO.
I would love to put the 285/70/17's on (32.7"), but think i would need the BL and trim to make those fit.

BL is cheap!

Ty, if you get a body lift, so will I.

I also recently did a PML. If you both do BL's mabye I'll join in. What the hell right.

I'm currently running BFG/AT 31x10.5. With my PML I'm going to purchase either 32x11.5 BFG/MT or Goodyear/MTR of the same size. With all this BL talk I might have to push it up to 33's. My 31's are pretty much done for. Was going to get some new tread next week.

Unfortunately, there is no way to justify a BL to Brenda atm....

Gonna have to live with the PML and new tires for a while.....I will be happy to come watch/assist with beer drinking while you do yours tho

got the new tires today:
Pic at Link

Conundrum I did save the two rear stock rugged's for you. one has about 500 miles on it, the other about 19K.

WOW. Looks awesome with those tires on there, how much did the tires set you back? If ya don't mind me asking. Tires are part of my future plans. My rims are only 15" tho I think, so they should be a little cheaper than 17's. I'm ordering the Shackles possibly this evening when I get home. Someone purchased a bunch of stuff from my yourfuturedomain.com site, so I made a bunch of commission this month

5 tires, mounting, disposal, tax, warranty, was $1100......Damn 17" rims.....the 15" tires are about 50 bucks less per tire.
Needless to say, I need to work some overtime shifts to pay for my mods.....bah...hate ot shifts on the ambo.
Musssst keeep modding!

P.S. you ahve a pm RiNkY

Yeouch. I think I'm going to go for the Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revos. Tire Rack have them for $126 a piece and I can get them fitted / balanced for $10 each.

Or the Bridgestone Dueler M/T's for about $150 a piece. Gotta love 15" wheels!

Not sure how well the 265/70's will fit on my 2000 tho. I've got 31x10.5's on at the moment, but they rub slightly so I'd need to trim I think, even with the PML to fit anything bigger.

I just put the MT's in the cart at Tire Rack to find out how much shipping would be. $96.00 for 4 by UPS Ground. That ain't to bad! So for 4 the same size that I have now (31X10.5SR15) including shipping would be $679.60

You might check out 4wheelparts.com as well.
they have the BFG's that I have in a 31x10.50R15 T/A KO for 120.99 each, and the 32" for 127.99 each with free shipping with the warranty, but they have stores locally, so you can jsut go get them if you want

Nice. Thanks for the info. Didn't realize those guys did tires, even tho I was stood in their store a few weeks ago getting my tow strap and probably surrounded with them! lol. That's a pretty good deal on the 32's. I wonder how much rubbing I'd get tho after the PML. hmmmm. Tires are a couple months away yet, gotta get the PML done first, then wear out the tires I've got!

Just ordered the Calmini shackles Can't wait to get them installed now. Ordered to late for shipping today, so they'll ship tomorrow.

Woot!

Gimme a holler when you ready to install them.

Awesome

I've gotta say, I love my Dueler MTs, except for the way they've chewed away my wheel wells Honestly Rinko, I'd go with ATs if I were you. You're not going to get much more crazy than you did in Flag with the group at Fat Tire . While MTs would've certainly have helped you in that instance, for your daily driving, the ATs would suit you best.

My shackles arrived on Friday. Considered bringing them and some tools camping, but figured the 130mile drive with the tracking possibly all over the place might not be such a good idea.

Hope to get them installed next weekend, but I'm also installing a wood floor in someones house, so migtht have to try and get it done one evening this week. Maybe Friday evening? Anyone up for giving this poor man a hand with his lift?

I am working extra shifts this week, so sunday is earliest I could help you. Avail then if nobody can help you sooner.

Amen to that! I think I am seriously going to do a 2". I just need to figure out where i'm going to take my truck to get all the bumper fabrication done.

Ditto

Thank you VERY much, but I just bought an '05 and won't have any use for them now. I'm sorry.

Edit to add: Man that looks GREAT with the new tires!

Just left Discount Tire. Rolling some 32x11.5 BFG Mud-Terrains. The X looks sick. I'll post a pic as soon as I get my digi cam to work. It's not in a good mood today. I've noticed a little rubbing in the front on turn while going into elevation change. Curb or whatever. More rubber, less plastic.

Damn, didn't know 32's would fit so well. Maybe after the PML I'll consider that size if I don't get the 05.

the only disadvantage I ever saw with 32s and a shackle lift is that a 32 doesn't fit very well underneath the X as a spare. You have to air it down bigtime to get it to fit or either get a rear tire carrier.

Didn't really think to much about a spare! lol. My spare is more of a 'Get me to the tire shop when I have a flat' kinda deal than something I'd consider investing $130 in to match the other 4 tires.

Speaking of which, I went out last night after getting back from camping and one of my tires was flat. Hooked up the compressor and poored some soapy water over and had a nice hole center tread. No nail or anythin, so no idea where I picked that up. Glad I made it home from camping safely on it tho.

Took it to Gunnells in Mesa as always and they repaired it Free of Charge. Love that place, won't take my cars anywhere else for tire issues. Not the best prices on new tires tho.

So what is the plan Rinky? You need help with a PML, or gonna send the shackles back, and get the '05?

Still need help sometime this weekend. Sunday or Monday even works for me. Still no confirmation on the job yet, plus I have to try and get a dealer to pay off the $10,000 I owe on my X, which ain't going to be easy.

You have a PM Rinky

Been laying wood floor all day, plus all dya yesterday. I ache like a son of a bitch, looks nice as hell, shame it's not my house yet!

It's looking more like weekend after next for the PML, next weekend being Camping at the Claim. Don't fancy tackling it there and then trying to drive home with the alignment out of whack.

If I get bored tomorrow at home I might give it a try myself, anyone else have the day off tomorrow (Monday) that might be able to help?

you guys with the torsion and shackle lift.....how bad is the alignment after the process? Does it make it more difficult to align? Any complaints to this point?

I have AAL's in back and torsion lift in front. When I first had it done, I had the alignment done somewhere with a $40 alignment coupon I got in the mail....when it was done it wasn't aligned properly and they told me it was just so far out they did the best they could. (meaning, it could never be any better)

Since then I had the dealership tell me that was bull, and I have the lifetime alignment at Firestone now that we get with a discount thanks to DBAX, and its all good.

Andrew, I have a set of Calmini shackles, brand new, never used. Still in their original shipping box. If you're interested they could be yours!

rinky hook me up brother

how do I get a hold of you, I will pick them up ASAP

His email address (rholgate@gmail.com) is on the AZXC website.

Boy, he must really have his sights set on an '05.

Are you going to Friday's meeting? He may as well bring them so you don't have to pick them up. I don't believe we've met and you can see what we do and maybe get more invovled.

See ya,

Not got the 05 yet, still no confirmation of my promotion. Checking with HR today they expect a decision next week. I'll deffinately have an 05 or 06 before Christmas tho regardless of promotion so it's not worth installing the shackles.

I paid $50.00 plus shipping of about $9 from Calmini, they are yours for $50 if you want them. As advised they are still in the original shipping box, I just opened the box to make sure everything was there. So you can save yourself the shipping.

I'm on University / Dobson in Mesa, or I can bring them to tomorrow nights meeting.

rinky if andrewM does not grab them let me know in a PM and i will take them off your hands for $50 bucks im looking to do a PML in the near future.just let me know thanks AndrewM ya better move HAHAHA

I'll be bringing them to the meeting tomorrow just in case one of ya'll shows up.

Rinky I will be their at pinnacle nissan around 7:30 check out the meeting for a while then i got to run because i will be bailing out on my wifes family BBQ but hey it is worth it and i will only be about 5 minutes away. shoot i work a stone throw from the dealer.well i will see ya there with the $50.00. Im excited

Sorry dude. Andrew did express interest first and he has now emailed me to confirm he wants them. So I'm gonna have to let Andrew have them. Tis only fair. If he doesn't take em I'll be sure to let you know.

yes i agree i jumped the gun last night i was just happy not to have to order them online, wait and pay a shipping cost. I went to bed and i thought man, andrew asked first ya should of posted he gets the first shot at them.sorry andrewM just got happy probably like you did.Rinky let me know.